Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: ReminiscencesMoore, Wilstach, Keys & Company, printers, 1858 - 640 pages |
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... facts of the case were simply these : Jones sold Harper twenty - five cents worth of beef in the market ; Harper had no change to pay for it . Jones , some days after , called on Harper for his pay . Harper refused to pay , alleging ...
... facts of the case were simply these : Jones sold Harper twenty - five cents worth of beef in the market ; Harper had no change to pay for it . Jones , some days after , called on Harper for his pay . Harper refused to pay , alleging ...
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... facts of the case were briefly these : Dr. Bradburn was an eminent surgeon , a man of great muscular power and of the most indomitable personal courage . I have scarcely ever seen a more athletic man , and I never knew a man of greater ...
... facts of the case were briefly these : Dr. Bradburn was an eminent surgeon , a man of great muscular power and of the most indomitable personal courage . I have scarcely ever seen a more athletic man , and I never knew a man of greater ...
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... facts substantially as stated were proved , with the admission of the Doctor . The court - house was crowded with an excited population . General McKinney made a strong speech in the defense , but it evidently fell upon unwilling ears ...
... facts substantially as stated were proved , with the admission of the Doctor . The court - house was crowded with an excited population . General McKinney made a strong speech in the defense , but it evidently fell upon unwilling ears ...
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... facts of the case were these : Young was a justice of the peace of Rush county , who had a beautiful and beloved daughter , about seventeen years of age . Points was a fine - looking young farmer , the son of a respectable man in the ...
... facts of the case were these : Young was a justice of the peace of Rush county , who had a beautiful and beloved daughter , about seventeen years of age . Points was a fine - looking young farmer , the son of a respectable man in the ...
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... facts and circum- stances of the case briefly and calmly , but evidently with great feeling , and so far as we could judge , without any disposition to withhold any thing material because her father was on trial . However , the tragedy ...
... facts and circum- stances of the case briefly and calmly , but evidently with great feeling , and so far as we could judge , without any disposition to withhold any thing material because her father was on trial . However , the tragedy ...
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